UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Johan Cruijff ArenA - Amsterdam Wednesday 25 November 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) AFC Ajax Group D - Matchday 4 FC Midtjylland Last updated 16/01/2021 01:04CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 6 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 15 Team facts 16 Legend 18

1 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dreyer 18; Antony 1, 03/11/2020 GS FC Midtjylland - AFC Ajax 1-2 Tadić 13

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 FC Midtjylland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Traoré 23, Dolberg 16/03/2017 R16 AFC Ajax - F.C. Copenhagen Amsterdam agg: 3-2 45+2 (P) Falk 1, Cornelius 60; 09/03/2017 R16 F.C. Copenhagen - AFC Ajax 2-1 Copenhagen Dolberg 32

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Silberbauer 58, 23/08/2006 QR3 AFC Ajax - F.C. Copenhagen Amsterdam agg: 2-3 Vermaelen 77 (og) Hangeland 45+2; 09/08/2006 QR3 F.C. Copenhagen - AFC Ajax 1-2 Copenhagen Huntelaar 37, 84

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Babel 50, Sneijder 80, 24/08/2005 QR3 AFC Ajax - Brøndby IF Amsterdam agg: 5-3 89; Elmander 44 Skoubo 33, Escudé 10/08/2005 QR3 Brøndby IF - AFC Ajax 2-2 Brondby 90+3 (og); Rosenberg 31, Babel 73

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 01/11/2001 R2 AFC Ajax - F.C. Copenhagen Amsterdam N.Jensen 82 agg: 0-1 18/10/2001 R2 F.C. Copenhagen - AFC Ajax 0-0 Copenhagen

FC Midtjylland - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Midtjylland have not played against a club from their opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AFC Ajax 4 2 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 4 2 3 12 10 FC Midtjylland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2

2 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Match background

Ajax will look to get their second Group D win on the board when Midtjylland, still searching for their first UEFA Champions League point, come to Amsterdam. • The Dutch side have four points, level with Atalanta and five behind section leaders Liverpool at the halfway stage. Ajax got their first win of the 2020/21 group stage last time out, early strikes from Antony (1) and Dušan Tadić (13) securing victory in Herning despite pulling one back with Midtjylland's first ever goal in the UEFA Champions League proper. Form guide Ajax • Beaten 1-0 at home by Liverpool on Matchday 1, Ajax have subsequently drawn 2-2 at Atalanta – a match in which they led 2-0 – before getting their first win at Midtjylland. • Ajax are making their 16th appearance in the group stage, matching PSV Eindhoven's Dutch record. It is their third straight appearance in the UEFA Champions League proper, and the first time they have gained automatic qualification since 2014/15. • Ajax were Dutch champions for the 34th time in 2018/19 – their first league title since 2014 – and also lifted the Dutch Cup to claim their eighth domestic double, and a first since 2002. No league title was awarded last season. • Ajax have qualified from their UEFA Champions League group only once in their last seven appearances in the competition. • Having gone all the way from the second qualifying round to the semi-finals in 2018/19 – the first Dutch side to reach the last four since PSV in 2004/05 – Ajax again came through two qualifying rounds to reach the 2019/20 group stage, but advanced no further after finishing third in their section behind Valencia and Chelsea. Erik ten Hag's team won their first two matches and picked up ten points (W3 D1 L2) but a 1-0 home defeat against the Spanish side on Matchday 6 proved costly. • Ajax's subsequent UEFA Europa League campaign also proved short-lived; they lost to Getafe in the round of 32 (0- 2 a, 2-1 h). • The Amsterdam club won six of their 12 European matches in 2019/20 (D3 L3). • Erik Ten Hag's side have lost three of their last four European matches in Amsterdam (W1), all by a 0-1 scoreline. They have won one of their last five home games in the UEFA Champions League proper, losing the other four. • Ajax have now won their last two matches against Danish clubs, beating Copenhagen 2-0 at home in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg to progress 3-2 on aggregate. Their record against Danish clubs is W4 D2 L3. • Two of those defeats against Danish clubs came at the hands of Copenhagen in Amsterdam; Ajax have won their other two games at home to visitors from Denmark. Midtjylland • The Danish debutants have lost all three games in the UEFA Champions League group stage so far; before the defeat by Ajax in their first game against a Dutch club, they went down 4-0 against Atalanta on Matchday 1, their heaviest European home reverse, and 2-0 at Liverpool. • Midtjylland are the fifth Danish club to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first since Copenhagen in 2016/17. • Their only previous experience of a European group stage was in 2015/16, when they finished runners-up in their UEFA Europa League section before losing in the round of 32 to Manchester United. • Champions of Denmark for the third time in 2019/20 – all those titles coming in the last six seasons – Midtjylland have already made history in 2020/21; they had never previously won more than one UEFA Champions League tie in a season. • Midtjylland were 1-0 winners at Ludogorets in this season's one-off second qualifying round tie before a 3-0 home defeat of Swiss side Young Boys in the next stage. They then got the better of Slavia Praha in the two-legged play- offs (0-0 a, 4-1 h), three of their second-leg goals coming from the 84th minute onwards. • The club's two previous forays into the UEFA Champions League both proved short-lived. On their 2015/16 debut they won both legs against Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar in the second qualifying round (1-0 h, 2-0 a) before being eliminated by APOEL on away goals in the next stage (1-2 h, 1-0 a); in 2018/19 they lost 2-1 at Kazakhstan's Astana in the first leg of their second qualifying round tie, going out by the same aggregate scoreline.

3 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

• This season's results mean Midtjylland have won six of their 13 UEFA Champions League matches, qualifying included (D2 L5). The second-leg defeat of Slavia was the first time they had won without keeping a clean sheet. • In 2019/20 Ulvene played only one European tie, going down 7-3 to Scottish side Rangers in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (2-4 h, 1-3 a). • Midtjylland have lost only two of their last six away European games (W2 D2). • The Danish side were four European games without a win (D1 L3), losing three in a row, before this season's qualifying successes. • Midtjylland are one of four teams making their group stage debut in 2020/21; Krasnodar, Rennes (both Group E), and İstanbul Başakşehir (H) are the others. They are the only one of the quartet yet to pick up a point. Links and trivia • Have played in the Netherlands: (Excelsior 2018/19 loan) Anders Dreyer (Heerenveen 2019/20 loan) • Anderson made two substitute appearances against Ajax while at Excelsior, coming on in the second half of a 1-7 home defeat and 6-2 loss in Amsterdam. • Dreyer was a second-half substitute in Heerenveen's 4-1 defeat at Ajax in August 2019. • Have played in Denmark: Mohammed Kudus (Nordsjælland 2018–20) • Kudus' record in six games against Midtjylland with Nordsjælland was D2 L4; his only goal came in a 3-3 draw on 4 March 2019. • played 90 minutes as Celta Vigo drew 2-2 at home to Ajax in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League group stage. • In the same group that season, was part of the Standard Liège side that lost 1-0 in Amsterdam and drew 1-1 at home to Ajax. • Nikolas Dyhr and Nicolas Madsen were members of the Midtjylland team that lost 3-1 to Ajax in the UEFA Youth League quarter-finals on 18 August 2020. Neraysho Kasanwirjo and Youri Regeer featured for Ajax. Latest news Ajax • André Onana made his 50th appearance in UEFA club competition on Matchday 3. • Ajax have won their last four games in all competitions, and five of the last six (D1). They have scored 15 goals in that four-match winning run, conceding three, and were 5-0 victors at home to Heracles on Sunday. • Dušan Tadić has scored in each of Ajax's last six games. • Zakaria Labyad scored twice on Sunday to take his Eredivisie tally for the season to three; it is the first time he has scored more than once in a league campaign for Ajax. • Ajax have been victorious in eight of their nine league matches this season, the exception a 1-0 loss at Groningen on 4 October. That was their fourth match of the new Eredivisie campaign; in 2019/20, they were undefeated until their 16th fixture. • On 24 October Ajax recorded a record Eredivisie victory, winning 13-0 at VVV-Venlo. They were the first team ever to score 13 goals in a Dutch top-flight game, beating their 12-1 win against Vitesse in May 1972, and the first Dutch club to hit double figures in an Eredivisie match since PSV Eindhoven beat Feyenoord 10-0 on 24 October 2010, exactly ten years previously. • Lassina Traoré, who was also on target on Sunday, scored five goals at VVV, the first Ajax player to do so in an Eredivisie game since Marco van Basten hit six in 1985. Traoré also provided three assists; Frenkie de Jong had been the last Ajax player to do so in a league match, in 2017. • Traoré had last scored for Ajax on 16 February; prior to the VVV game, his 15 Eredivisie appearances had yielded two goals. • Having lost four of their last six matches in all competitions in 2019/20 (W2), Ajax have suffered six defeats in their last 18 games, with the Atalanta fixture on Matchday 2 the only draw in that sequence. • Traoré scored twice in Burkina Faso's 3-1 victory over Malawi in CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying on 12 November.

4 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

• Despite Tadić scoring his penalty, Serbia lost the shoot-out 5-4 to Scotland in the UEFA EURO 2020 play-off final after a 1-1 draw in Belgrade, also on 12 November. • Davy Klaassen was replaced midway through the first half on Sunday. • Summer signing Mohammed Kudus had to be substituted early on against Liverpool on Matchday 1 after injuring his right knee and is not expected to play again this year after surgery. • Antony injured his hamstring during the 3-0 victory over Utrecht on 8 November and has not played since. • David Neres returned as a substitute on the opening day of the Eredivisie season, a 1-0 win at Sparta Rotterdam on 13 September, having not played since suffering a knee injury on Matchday 4 of last season's UEFA Champions League, a 4-4 draw at Chelsea on 5 November 2019. He scored against Heracles on Sunday, his first goal since 1 November 2019. Midtjylland • Midtjylland have won ten of their 17 matches this season in all competitions; three of their five defeats have come in Group D. • The Danish champions lost their first league game of 2020/21, 2-0 at SønderjyskE on 11 September, but have won six of their subsequent eight games (D1 L1). They were 2-1 victors at AGF on Sunday, their fourth away win this season in their ninth fixture (D2 L3). • A 4-1 loss at Nordsjælland on 31 October was Midtjylland's fourth defeat in their last 13 league matches (W7 D2). • The Wolves were 4-0 winners at home to Copenhagen on 8 November, their biggest league victory since beating the same opponents by the same scoreline on 12 May 2019. • Midtjylland were 1-0 winners away to second-tier side HB Køge in the last 32 of the on 11 November. • In contrast, Midtjylland have won six of their eight home games in all competitions, the exceptions the defeats by Atalanta and Ajax. • Midtjylland kept five clean sheets in their first six games in 2020/21 but managed none in the subsequent eight, conceding 18 goals, before shutting out Copenhagen and Køge.* • Jens-Lys Caluste and substitute both made their senior international debuts in Sweden's 2-0 friendly loss in Denmark on 11 November. • Japhet Sery and Gustav Isaksen both started as Denmark concluded their successful UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw in Romania on 17 November. • has been sidelined by illness. • (Guinea) and (Nigeria) were both ruled out of international duty by minor injuries but both returned, and scored, for Midtjylland on Sunday.

5 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Squad list

AFC Ajax Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Maarten Stekelenburg NED 22/09/1982 38 ------17 - 60 - 16 Kjell Scherpen NED 23/01/2000 20 ------24 André Onana CMR 02/04/1996 24 - - - 3 - 9 - 21 - 50 - 33 Dominik Kotarski CRO 10/02/2000 20 ------51 Daan Reiziger NED 18/06/2001 19 ------52 Calvin Raatsie NED 09/02/2002 18 ------Defenders 3 Perr Schuurs NED 26/11/1999 20 - - - 3 - 8 - 5 - 8 - 5 Sean Klaiber NED 31/07/1994 26 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 10 1 12 Noussair Mazraoui MAR 14/11/1997 23 - - - 3 - 8 - 17 2 26 2 15 Devyne Rensch NED 18/01/2003 17 ------17 Daley Blind NED 09/03/1990 30 - - - 3 - 9 1 46 1 85 1 21 Lisandro Martínez ARG 28/01/1998 22 - - - 2 - 6 2 8 - 14 - 31 Nicolás Tagliafico ARG 31/08/1992 28 - - - 3 - 7 - 19 4 29 5 35 Neraysho Kasanwirjo NED 18/02/2002 18 ------41 Enric Llansana NED 12/04/2001 19 ------43 Nordin Musampa NED 13/10/2001 19 ------45 Liam Van Gelderen NED 23/03/2001 19 ------46 Anass Salah-Eddine NED 18/01/2002 18 ------48 Terrence Douglas NED 14/09/2001 19 ------Midfielders 2 Jurriën Timber NED 17/06/2001 19 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 4 Edson Álvarez MEX 24/10/1997 23 - - - 1 - 7 - 7 1 9 2 6 Davy Klaassen NED 21/02/1993 27 - - - 3 - 5 4 14 2 56 11 8 Ryan Gravenberch NED 16/05/2002 18 - - - 3 - 7 - 3 - 4 - 11 Quincy Promes NED 04/01/1992 28 - - - 3 - 9 3 13 6 31 8 18 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp NED 05/04/2000 20 - - - 2 - 5 2 4 - 4 - 19 Zakaria Labyad MAR 09/03/1993 27 - - - 2 - 7 3 4 - 31 7 20 Mohammed Kudus GHA 02/08/2000 20 - - - 1 - 3 1 1 - 3 - 25 Kenneth Taylor NED 16/05/2002 18 ------26 Victor Jensen DEN 08/02/2000 20 ------37 Naci Ünüvar NED 13/06/2003 17 ------38 Alex Mendez USA 06/09/2000 20 ------42 Quinten Timber NED 17/06/2001 19 ------44 Youri Regeer NED 18/08/2003 17 ------Forwards 7 David Neres BRA 03/03/1997 23 - - - 2 - 7 1 17 2 32 3 9 Klaas Jan Huntelaar NED 12/08/1983 37 - - - 1 - 5 2 40 14 109 55 10 Dušan Tadić SRB 20/11/1988 32 - - - 3 2 9 7 21 8 61 19

6 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

AFC Ajax Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 23 Lassina Traoré BFA 12/01/2001 19 - - - 3 1 9 6 3 1 4 1 30 Brian Brobbey NED 01/02/2002 18 - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 36 Giovanni BRA 31/01/2002 18 ------39 Antony BRA 24/02/2000 20 - - - 2 1 8 4 2 1 2 1 40 Sontje Hansen NED 18/05/2002 18 ------49 Max De Waal NED 10/01/2002 18 ------Coach - Erik Ten Hag NED 02/02/1970 50 - - - 3 - - - 21 - 39 -

7 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

FC Midtjylland Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 DEN 31/03/1985 35 - 4 - 1 - 8 - 7 - 37 - 16 Valdemar Thorsen DEN 17/03/2001 19 ------30 Oliver Ottesen DEN 22/08/1998 22 ------31 Mikkel Andersen DEN 17/12/1988 31 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 19 - Defenders 2 BEL 04/06/1996 24 - - - 1 - 7 - 7 - 13 1 5 Daniel Høegh DEN 06/01/1991 29 ------13 - 6 Joel Andersson SWE 11/11/1996 24 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 15 - 14 Alexander Scholz DEN 24/10/1992 28 - 4 1 3 - 8 - 3 - 26 1 18 DEN 17/02/1997 23 ------5 1 25 Manjrekar James CAN 05/08/1993 27 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 27 DEN 13/08/2000 20 ------28 DEN 04/10/1991 29 - 4 - 3 - 6 - 9 - 37 1 29 Paulinho BRA 03/01/1995 25 - 4 - 3 - 7 - 3 - 7 - 46 Japhet Sery DEN 10/04/2000 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 50 Hosine Bility AUS 10/05/2001 19 ------Midfielders 7 Pione Sisto DEN 04/02/1995 25 - 3 - 3 - 9 5 3 - 39 10 10 Evander BRA 09/06/1998 22 - 3 - 3 - 8 1 3 - 8 1 11 AUS 15/09/1995 25 - 4 1 3 - 8 - 3 - 16 1 15 BUL 23/06/1997 23 - 3 - 3 - 8 1 3 - 10 1 24 Oliver Sørensen DEN 10/03/2002 18 ------34 Mikael Anderson ISL 01/07/1998 22 - 3 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 7 - 36 Anders Dreyer DEN 02/05/1998 22 - 4 2 3 1 8 4 3 1 7 3 38 Frank Onyeka NGA 01/01/1998 22 - 4 1 3 - 5 1 3 - 14 2 40 Jens-Lys Cajuste SWE 10/08/1999 21 - 4 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 9 - 43 Nicolas Madsen DEN 17/03/2000 20 - - - 1 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 44 Nikolas Dyhr DEN 18/06/2001 19 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 45 Gustav Isaksen DEN 19/04/2001 19 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 48 Mads Hansen DEN 28/07/2002 18 ------Forwards 9 Sory Kaba GUI 28/07/1995 25 - 4 1 3 - 7 3 3 - 9 2 26 DEN 22/02/1987 33 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 11 2 33 GER 20/08/1996 24 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 58 Aral Simsir DEN 19/06/2002 18 ------74 Júnior Brumado BRA 15/05/1999 21 - 3 1 - - 4 1 - - 4 1 89 DEN 29/08/1989 31 ------7 - Coach - Brian Priske DEN 14/05/1977 43 - 4 - 3 - - - 3 - 9 -

8 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Match officials

Referee Sergei Karasev (RUS) Assistant referees Igor Demeshko (RUS) , Maksim Gavrilin (RUS) Video Assistant Referee Vitali Meshkov (RUS) Assistant Video Assistant Referee Vladimir Moskalev (RUS) Fourth official Kirill Levnikov (RUS) UEFA Delegate Christian Welander (SWE) UEFA Referee observer Elmir Pilav (BIH)

Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Sergei Karasev 12/06/1979 24 80

Sergei Karasev Referee since: 1995 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2016 Olympic Games, UEFA EURO 2016, 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2002 UEFA Regions' Cup

Finals N/A

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 12/11/2011 U19 QR Netherlands Finland 2-0 Gendt 20/02/2014 UEL R32 Esbjerg fB ACF Fiorentina 1-3 Esbjerg 04/09/2014 FRIE. GS-FT Italy Netherlands 2-0 Bari 20/06/2015 U21 GS-FT Germany Denmark 3-0 Prague 27/06/2015 U21 SF Denmark Sweden 1-4 Prague 13/04/2017 UEL QF AFC Ajax FC Schalke 04 2-0 Amsterdam 10/10/2017 WC QR Netherlands Sweden 2-0 Amsterdam 03/10/2019 UEL GS Feyenoord FC Porto 2-0 Rotterdam 20/02/2020 UEL R32 F.C. Copenhagen Celtic FC 1-1 Copenhagen

9 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Fixtures and results

AFC Ajax Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 13/09/2020 League Sparta Rotterdam (A) W 1-0 dos Santos 37 20/09/2020 League RKC Waalwijk (H) W 3-0 Tadić 10, Labyad 34, Martínez 73 26/09/2020 League Vitesse (H) W 2-1 Promes 21, dos Santos 70 04/10/2020 League FC Groningen (A) L 0-1 Tadić 4, 28 (P), Kudus 35, Klaassen 72 18/10/2020 League sc Heerenveen (H) W 5-1 (P), dos Santos 87 21/10/2020 UCL Liverpool FC (H) L 0-1 Ekkelenkamp 12, 57, Traoré 17, 32, 54, 24/10/2020 League VVV-Venlo (A) W 13-0 65, 87, Tadić 44, dos Santos 55, Blind 59, Huntelaar 74 (P), 76, Martínez 78 27/10/2020 UCL Atalanta BC (A) D 2-2 Tadić 30 (P), Traoré 38 Klaassen 32, 45, Brobbey 74, Tadić 86 31/10/2020 League SC Fortuna Sittard (H) W 5-2 (P), Promes 90+5 (P) 03/11/2020 UCL FC Midtjylland (A) W 2-1 Antony 1, Tadić 13 08/11/2020 League FC Utrecht (A) W 3-0 Klaassen 62, Tadić 71 (P), Promes 90+1 Traoré 6, Neres 29, Labyad 36, 77, Tadić 22/11/2020 League Heracles Almelo (H) W 5-0 57 25/11/2020 UCL FC Midtjylland (H) 28/11/2020 League Emmen (A) 01/12/2020 UCL Liverpool FC (A) 05/12/2020 League FC Twente (H) 09/12/2020 UCL Atalanta BC (H) 12/12/2020 League PEC Zwolle (H) 20/12/2020 League ADO Den Haag (A) 23/12/2020 League Willem II (A) 10/01/2021 League PSV Eindhoven (H) 14/01/2021 League FC Twente (A) 17/01/2021 League Feyenoord (H) 24/01/2021 League SC Fortuna Sittard (A) 28/01/2021 League Willem II (H) 31/01/2021 League AZ Alkmaar (A) 07/02/2021 League FC Utrecht (H) 14/02/2021 League Heracles Almelo (A) 21/02/2021 League Sparta Rotterdam (H) 28/02/2021 League PSV Eindhoven (A) 07/03/2021 League FC Groningen (H) 14/03/2021 League PEC Zwolle (A) 21/03/2021 League ADO Den Haag (H) 04/04/2021 League sc Heerenveen (A) 11/04/2021 League RKC Waalwijk (A) 25/04/2021 League AZ Alkmaar (H) 02/05/2021 League Emmen (H) 09/05/2021 League Feyenoord (A)

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AFC Ajax 13/05/2021 League VVV-Venlo (H) 16/05/2021 League Vitesse (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 AFC Ajax 9 8 0 1 37 5 24 2 Vitesse 9 7 1 1 18 6 22 3 Feyenoord 9 6 3 0 22 10 21 4 PSV Eindhoven 9 6 2 1 20 6 20 5 FC Twente 9 5 3 1 21 9 18 6 sc Heerenveen 9 5 2 2 17 12 17 7 AZ Alkmaar 8 3 5 0 19 12 14 8 FC Groningen 9 4 2 3 10 11 14 9 FC Utrecht 8 2 4 2 9 12 10 10 Sparta Rotterdam 9 2 3 4 15 17 9 11 PEC Zwolle 9 1 5 3 10 15 8 12 Willem II 9 2 2 5 9 17 8 13 Heracles Almelo 9 2 2 5 10 19 8 14 VVV-Venlo 9 2 2 5 14 28 8 15 RKC Waalwijk 9 1 3 5 6 16 6 16 ADO Den Haag 9 1 1 7 8 26 4 17 Emmen 9 0 3 6 11 22 3 18 SC Fortuna Sittard 9 0 3 6 12 25 3

FC Midtjylland Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 26/08/2020 UCL PFC Ludogorets 1945 (A) W 1-0 Brumado 77 11/09/2020 League SønderjyskE (A) L 0-2 16/09/2020 UCL BSC Young Boys (H) W 3-0 Lefort 51 (og), Dreyer 62, Mabil 84 19/09/2020 League Lyngby BK (H) W 1-0 Sisto 14 22/09/2020 UCL SK Slavia Praha (A) D 0-0 26/09/2020 League Randers FC (H) W 1-0 Kraev 6 Kaba 65, Scholz 84 (P), Onyeka 88, 30/09/2020 UCL SK Slavia Praha (H) W 4-1 Dreyer 90+1 04/10/2020 League AC Horsens (A) D 2-2 Dreyer 23, Brumado 32 17/10/2020 League Odense BK (H) W 3-1 Kaba 66, Dreyer 81, Sisto 86 21/10/2020 UCL Atalanta BC (H) L 0-4 24/10/2020 League Brøndby IF (A) W 3-2 Dreyer 62, Sisto 73, Schwäbe 90+4 (og) 27/10/2020 UCL Liverpool FC (A) L 0-2 31/10/2020 League FC Nordsjælland (A) L 1-4 Dreyer 34 03/11/2020 UCL AFC Ajax (H) L 1-2 Dreyer 18 08/11/2020 League F.C. Copenhagen (H) W 4-0 Kaba 36, Evander 41, Sisto 48, 68 11/11/2020 Cup HB Køge (A) W 1-0 Høegh 21 22/11/2020 League AGF Aarhus (A) W 2-1 Onyeka 27, Kaba 34 25/11/2020 UCL AFC Ajax (A) 28/11/2020 League Aalborg BK (H) 01/12/2020 UCL Atalanta BC (A)

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FC Midtjylland 05/12/2020 League Vejle BK (A) 09/12/2020 UCL Liverpool FC (H) 14/12/2020 League Odense BK (A) 17/12/2020 Cup F.C. Copenhagen (A) 21/12/2020 League FC Nordsjælland (H) 04/02/2021 League SønderjyskE (H) 07/02/2021 League Randers FC (A) 14/02/2021 League AC Horsens (H) 21/02/2021 League Aalborg BK (A) 28/02/2021 League Brøndby IF (H) 03/03/2021 League Lyngby BK (A) 07/03/2021 League AGF Aarhus (H) 14/03/2021 League F.C. Copenhagen (A) 21/03/2021 League Vejle BK (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Midtjylland 9 6 1 2 17 12 19 2 SønderjyskE 9 5 3 1 17 10 18 3 Brøndby IF 9 6 0 3 17 13 18 4 AGF Aarhus 9 4 3 2 17 11 15 5 Aalborg BK 9 4 3 2 11 11 15 6 Vejle BK 9 4 2 3 16 16 14 7 FC Nordsjælland 9 3 4 2 17 12 13 8 Odense BK 9 3 2 4 13 15 11 9 Randers FC 9 3 1 5 12 10 10 10 F.C. Copenhagen 9 3 1 5 15 19 10 11 Lyngby BK 9 0 3 6 9 20 3 12 AC Horsens 9 0 3 6 5 17 3

12 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Match-by-match lineups AFC Ajax

UEFA Champions League - Group stage Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Liverpool FC 3 3 0 0 8 0 9 AFC Ajax 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 Atalanta BC 3 1 1 1 6 7 4 FC Midtjylland 3 0 0 3 1 8 0

Matchday 1 (21/10/2020) AFC Ajax 0-1 Liverpool FC Goals: 0-1 Tagliafico 35 (og) AFC Ajax: Onana, Schuurs (84 Traoré), Klaassen (74 Ekkelenkamp), Neres (74 Labyad), Gravenberch, Tadić, Mazraoui, Blind (84 Huntelaar), Kudus (9 Promes), Martínez, Tagliafico Matchday 2 (27/10/2020) Atalanta BC 2-2 AFC Ajax Goals: 0-1 Tadić 30 (P) , 0-2 Traoré 38, 1-2 Zapata 54, 2-2 Zapata 60 AFC Ajax: Onana, Schuurs, Klaassen, Neres (69 Promes), Gravenberch, Tadić, Mazraoui (56 Klaiber), Blind, Traoré, Tagliafico, Antony (93 Labyad) Matchday 3 (03/11/2020) FC Midtjylland 1-2 AFC Ajax Goals: 0-1 Antony 1, 0-2 Tadić 13, 1-2 Dreyer 18 AFC Ajax: Onana, Schuurs (60 Álvarez), Gravenberch, Tadić, Promes, Mazraoui (77 Klaiber), Blind, Ekkelenkamp (46 Klaassen), Martínez, Tagliafico, Antony (90 Traoré) Matchday 4 (25/11/2020) AFC Ajax-FC Midtjylland Matchday 5 (01/12/2020) Liverpool FC-AFC Ajax Matchday 6 (09/12/2020) AFC Ajax-Atalanta BC FC Midtjylland

UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (26/08/2020) PFC Ludogorets 1945 0-1 FC Midtjylland Goals: 0-1 Brumado 77 FC Midtjylland: J. Hansen, J. Andersson, Kaba (75 Anderson), Mabil, Scholz, Kraev (65 Brumado), Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Dreyer, Onyeka, Cajuste

Third qualifying round (16/09/2020) FC Midtjylland 3-0 BSC Young Boys Goals: 1-0 Lefort 51 (og) , 2-0 Dreyer 62, 3-0 Mabil 84 FC Midtjylland: J. Hansen, J. Andersson, Kaba (78 Brumado), Mabil, Scholz, Kraev (62 Sisto), Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Dreyer (84 Evander), Onyeka, Cajuste

Play-off (22/09/2020) SK Slavia Praha 0-0 FC Midtjylland

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FC Midtjylland: J. Hansen, J. Andersson, Kaba (89 Brumado), Evander (76 Anderson), Mabil, Scholz, Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Dreyer (67 Sisto), Onyeka, Cajuste (30/09/2020) FC Midtjylland 4-1 SK Slavia Praha (agg: 4-1) Goals: 0-1 Olayinka 3, 1-1 Kaba 65, 2-1 Scholz 84 (P) , 3-1 Onyeka 88, 4-1 Dreyer 90+1 FC Midtjylland: J. Hansen, J. Andersson, Sisto (58 Dreyer), Kaba, Evander (58 Kraev), Mabil (92 Anderson), Scholz, Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Onyeka, Cajuste

Group stage Matchday 1 (21/10/2020) FC Midtjylland 0-4 Atalanta BC Goals: 0-1 Zapata 26, 0-2 Gómez 36, 0-3 Muriel 42, 0-4 89 FC Midtjylland: J. Hansen, J. Andersson, Sisto (87 Anderson), Kaba (60 Evander), Mabil (75 Vibe), Scholz, Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Dreyer, Onyeka (87 Kraev), Cajuste (76 Madsen) Matchday 2 (27/10/2020) Liverpool FC 2-0 FC Midtjylland Goals: 1-0 55, 2-0 Salah 90+3 (P) FC Midtjylland: M. Andersen, J. Andersson, Sisto (72 Evander), Kaba (81 Pfeiffer), Mabil (66 Anderson), Scholz, Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Dreyer, Onyeka, Cajuste (81 Kraev) Matchday 3 (03/11/2020) FC Midtjylland 1-2 AFC Ajax Goals: 0-1 Antony 1, 0-2 Tadić 13, 1-2 Dreyer 18 FC Midtjylland: M. Andersen, J. Andersson (64 Cools), Sisto, Kaba (81 Vibe), Mabil, Scholz, Sviatchenko, Paulinho, Dreyer (75 Kraev), Onyeka, Cajuste (80 Evander) Matchday 4 (25/11/2020) AFC Ajax-FC Midtjylland Matchday 5 (01/12/2020) Atalanta BC-FC Midtjylland Matchday 6 (09/12/2020) FC Midtjylland-Liverpool FC

14 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Competition facts

15 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Team facts

AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup/UEFA Champions League (4): (1969), 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995, (1996) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1987, (1988) • UEFA Cup (1): 1992, (2017) • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1973, (1987), 1995 • European/South American Cup (2): 1972, 1995 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 34 (2019) Dutch Cup: 19 (2019) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2018/19: semi-finals 2017/18: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2016/17: UEFA Europa League runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v Red Boys Differdange 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-8: HJK Helsinki v Ajax 19/09/79, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Ajax v Real Madrid 23/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Bayern München v Ajax 22/10/80, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v Barcelona 18/09/13, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 4-0 twice, most recently v Dinamo Zagreb 02/11/11, group stage • Biggest away win 1-5: Ferencváros v Ajax 27/09/95, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Ajax v Real Madrid (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Barcelona (see above)

FC Midtjylland

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Formed: 1999 Nickname: Ulvene (The Wolves) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2020) Danish Cup: 1 (2019) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 2018/19: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2017/18: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2016/17: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2011/12: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Midtjylland v Derry City 29/06/17, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg

• Biggest away win 1-6: Bangor City v Midtjylland 17/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Midtjylland v Atalanta 21/10/20, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Napoli v Midtjylland 05/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Midtjylland v Atalanta (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Liverpool v Midtjylland 27/10/20, group stage

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Match officials

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

18 AFC Ajax - FC Midtjylland Wednesday 25 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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